Reel for dispensing tapes and other like goods



Max-ch17, 1925.

J. W. THOMPSON REEL FOR DISPENSING TAPES AND OTHER LIKE GOODS Filed Jan.5. 1923 .20 cheap Patented Mar. 17, 1925.

"UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. THOMPSON, OF OAK PARK, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO MARSHALL FIELD do ICOMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

REEL FOR DISPENSING TAPES AND OTHER LIKE GOODS.

Application filed January 5, 1923. $eria1 No. 610,738.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, JOHN W. THOMPSON,

a citizen of the United States, residing. at

Oak Park, inlthe county of Cook andState of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Reels for Dispensinglapes andOther like Goods, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a reel of a con- 1 struction which adapts itto be mounted along with other similarly constructed reels upon a singlesupport or shaft, and to pay out a tape, ribbon, or other commoditywound thereon without interference with an adjacent reel or reels andwithout any tendency to cause an adjacent reel to revolve and unwind itscontained goods.

The object of the invention is to provide a reel construction which willnot only be enough to be discarded when empty, but will be particularlyadapted for assembly with the coil of goods to be wound upon it with aminimum of labor and without soiling or injuring the goods in theassembly.

Accordingly, the invention proceeds upon the principle of constructingthe reel with a core or foundation having a non-round opening whichadapts it for non-rotatable mounting upon-a stationary shaft, twodisklike flange members applied axially to the core, and a sleevesurroundin the core between the flange members wit freedom of rotationrelatively to the core and flange members, and having the goods coiledthereon; at least one of the flange members being united with the coremember through means which overlie the flange members and interengagewith the bore of the core, so that the reels may be supplied with one ofthe flange members assembled and the other flange member disassembledtherefrom, and the sleeve, after having its tape coiled thereon, in aseparate winding machine, can be sli ped in place over the unobstructedend 0 the core and permanently secured by means, preferably a flangedthimble, embracing the flange member and-interengaging with thecore-member.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 is a perspective view of thesegregated parts of a reel embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of a suggested form of device for windingthe tape or other goods upon the sleeve.

Figure 3 is a face View of the reel shown in Figure 1, with one of itsconfining flanges omitted, and having in place thereon the coil Sf goodsprepared by the device of Fig-- ure Figure 4 is an axial section of areel, its coil of goods, and a suggested means for assembling theseparately formed flange member.

1 represents the confining flanges of a reel and 2 the foundation corethereof upon which the flanges are secured and which has a non-roundopening 3wh1ch adapts it for non-rotatable mounting upon a shaft, and 4represents a sleeve or collar which surrounds the core 2.

As shown in Figures 3 and 4, the sleeve 4 has wound upon it a coil 5 oftape, and it fits the core 2 with sufficient looseness to perm t thecoil of tape to revolve in unwinding and paying out portions of the tapeas the same may be required. The reel is furnished with at least one ofits flanges disassembled therefrom, and in order that it may be readilyassembled therewith, a thimble 6 is provided. which fits the opening 7in the disk 1 and enters the axial recess or bore 3 of the core member2.. Thimble 6 is rovided with embracing lips 8 which adapt it to confinethe flange 1 to the core 2 and its axially extending portion as well asthe opening 7 in the disk, and the recess 3 in the core member is madeof conforming non-round section so that the thimble assembles the diskin definite and fixed relation to the core member. To secure the thimblein the core member, it is simply necessary to indent or develop radialspurs or projections 9 (Figure 3) on the portion thereof that is withinthe core member, as for instance, by forcing a mandril 10 intodisplacing relation with one or more punches 11, as suggested in Figure4. It will be seen that the thimble 6 serves as an assembling member forthe core and flange, it being simpl necessary to place the assembledthimb e 6, flange 1, and core member 2 with its originally attached flane member and separately formed coil of goods 5, over the upstanding neck12 of the assembling table 13, and then subject the appropriate thimbleto the punching opera tion to interlock it with the surrounding wall ofthe core member 2.

When assembled upon its reel as herein described, the coil 5 of goodswill be free to rotate While the reel is heldstationary, and pay out thegoods as required Without interference between a plurality of reels thatmay be mounted upon a single shaft or without tendency of one reel toinduce rotation in the others. To separately prepare the coil 5 with thegoods, the sleeve 4 may be mounted upon any suitable Winding machine,such, for instance, as the revolving head 14 carrying pins 15 upon whichthe sleeve is adapted to fit.

I claim:

1. A'reel for tape and other like goods, comprising an externallycylindrical and internally non-cylindrical core member adapt: ed toreceive a coil of goods and having an axial recess, flange members forconfining the goods upon the core member, a least one of Which fla ngemembers is separately formed, and a thimble passing axially through theseparately formed flange member and entering the recess of and engagingwith the core member; said thimble conforming to the interior of thecore and being provided on its outer end with radially extending lipsthat overlie the outer face of the separatel formed flange member.

2. A reel or tape and other like goods, comprising an externallycylindrical and internally non-cylindrical core member, a sleeve memberrevolubly mounted on said core member adapted to receive a coil of goodsand having an axial recess, flange members for confining the goods uponthe core member, at least one of which flange members is separatelyformed, and a thimble passing axially through the separately formedflange member and entering the recess of and engaging with the coremember; the portion of the thimble that enters the core member beingradially displaced to interlock it with the wall of said recess.

8. A reel for tape and other like goods, comprising an externallycylindrical core member adapted to receive a coil of goods and having anaxial recess, flange members for confining the goods upon the coremember, at least one of which flange members is separately formed, andlies against the end of the core member, a sleeve rotatably mounted onsaid core member and axially confined by the flanges and a thimblepassing axially through the separately formed flange member and enteringthe recess of and engaging with the core member; the recess' of the coremember, the thimble, and the portion of the flange member surroundingthe thimble being of non-round section and conforming one to another,and thereby retaining non-rotatable assembly of said arts. P Signed atChicago, Illinois, this 2nd day JOHN W. THOMPSON.

"of January, 1923.

